October 1, 2010

• Fewer films and falling DVD sales attribute to impending Paramount layoffs (Associated Press)

• Nick Cannon fuses music into HIT’s new Pandz series (Variety)

• What Tony DiSanto’s departure from MTV means for future programming (L.A. Times)

• Comic-Con to stay in San Diego (Variety)

September 30, 2010

• Fisher-Price recalls more than 10 million toys – including tricycles, toy cars and playzones (ABC News)

• New TLC show banks on Everybody Loves Raymond star and the candidness of kids (The Hollywood Reporter)

• The Jedi returns in 3-D (L.A. Times)

• Disney’s latest partnership is with parents. Today marks the beginning of the Magic of Healthy Living multimedia campaign (Market Watch)

September 29, 2010

• Nintendo’s new 3DS handheld console won’t be home for the holidays (The New York Times)

• Remembering Harvard professor and children’s media visionary Gerald Lesser (Harvard)

• Augmented Reality, coming soon to a mobile phone near you (CNET)

• What the digital world could look like in 2017 (The Toronto Star)

September 28, 2010

• Sesame Street accessorizes the audio and video game industries (CNET)

• With falling DVD sales, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Disney explore potential home film-viewing options (MediaPost)

• The saga of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg continues, in comic-book form (Mashable)

• The year’s hottest holiday toys are high-tech – and less than US$30 (Associated Press)

September 27, 2010

• Children’s TV exec sets, and follows, new blueprint for Disney Studios (The New York Times)

• Elmo goes viral, holds interview on YouTube (Mashable)

• Wal-Mart plays the African market (The New York Times)

• Exploring the emphasis (er, reliance) on merchandising deals in kids TV (UK Guardian)

September 24, 2010

• FCC measures if Skechers series treads on TV advertising guidelines (Wall Street Journal)

• Michelle Obama flips the switch on Nickelodeon channels for three hours this weekend to promote active play (Associated Press)

• Disney Parks get more social with new user-generated content campaign (Tnooz)

• Sara Lee takes healthy approach to kids food marketing (Broadcasting & Cable)

September 23, 2010

• A sign of the times – Chapter 11 confirmed for video rental giant Blockbuster (TechCrunch)

• Sesame Street picks preschoolers over pop sensation (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Three is the magic number for Warner Bros. (The Wall Street Journal)

September 22, 2010

• DC Entertainment relocates multi-media and digital content productions to California, leaves publishing division in New York (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Kid retailers among e-commerce and media companies capitalizing on Facebook ‘Like’ button feature (Financial Times)

• Netflix officially leaves US soil and makes its debut in Canada (TechCrunch)

• Are Dollar Stores the new model for consumer success? (New York Times)

September 21, 2010

• Disney explores doing things in reverse, with merchandise preceding entertainment in Japan (The New York Times)

• Hispanic-focused video games set new ground in the US market (Ad Age)

• Children’s websites install more tracking technologies than sites aimed at adults (The Wall Street Journal)

• Video – Harvard study explores the ethical sensibilities of digital youth (Mashable)

September 20, 2010

• A more demure Bratz line is back in US stores (L.A. Times)

• Disney Channel prez Carolina Lightcap talks about how she made it to the top (L.A. Times)

• Industry vets sound the call for gentler children’s TV programs (UK Gaurdian)

• Understanding the US Children’s Online Privacy Act – a.k.a. COPPA (The Wall Street Journal)

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